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a good crop; barley failed in no inftance, except on very liglit. foils; oats almoft univerfally 
turned out well. ‘THe flail is not yet freely applied, particularly to oats and barley. 
The account of our Norfolk reporter is, however, not quite fo favourable in fome circum- 
ftances ; he fays the continued and uncommon drynefs of the fummer, and early part of the 
autumn, has, in fome refpeéts, been very unfavourable to the farmers. The wheats, how- 
ever, bore the drought extremely well; the ordinary crops flourifhed, and thofe luxuriant 
ones which a wet feafon would have inevitably /aid down, ftood againft the fickle at harveft, 
with a heavy ear and well-corned kernel. The fummer corns were in general very light, 
particularly thofe which were late fown: and thofe which were fown either on very heavy, . 
er on very light foil. Peafe, at beft, a precarious crop, were much mildewed, and, in fome 
places, maggot-eaten: horfe-beans that efcaped the loufe, are a good fample. But the mif- 
chief of a thin crop is permanent; if corn does not cover the land, weeds will; the pea and 
bean ftubble, therefore, are in moft inftances very foul; and thofe farmers were probably the 
wifeft, who, inftead of fuffering the {ward to remain till Michaelmas, and then fetting it 
with wheat, broke up the land as foon as the crop was harvefted. By this means the heat and 
drovght would penetrate tothe roots, and deftroy many ofthe weeds before they had feeded. 
The extreme goodnefs of the feafon has in general afforded the farmer an opportunity of 
putting in the new crop of wheat to advantage. On thofe grounds, however, that are zocw 
covered with turnips, he muft ftand the chance of the future feafon. From Norfolk, we are 
indeed informed, that notwithftanding the harvefts were uncommonly early this year, the 
wheats do not appear to have been got in before their ufualtime: on the {tiff clayey lands, 
farmers could not break up their layers fo foonas they withed to have done, in confequence of 
the drought ; and on the light fandy foils, to have fown would have been a mere wafte of 
feed ; wheats will not vegeiate-in duit. No time, however, was loft: for the muck- 
cart was kept in continual motion, with infinitely lefs wear and tear of horfe and cart, and- 
confequently with much more expedition, than it would have been in wet weather. Some fine 
fhowers fell at the latter end of September, and the farmers without any interruption, broke up 
their lands in fine order: the young wheats foon {prouted, and now look remarkably well. 
Turnips ave, we believe, generally a good crop. In Norfclk, we underftand the farmers 
were remarkably fortunate this year in the feafon of turnip fowing: fome of the earlier plants 
were indeed taken off by the fly, but by far the greater part even of thofe efcaped its ravages ; 
fome gentle and warm fhowers foon fell, and promoted incipient vegetation; the leaves of 
the plants, as they grew larger, were kept in almoft continued agitation by the winds, and 
exercife being alike falubrious to vegetable and animal nature, the plants looked healthy, 
and promifed an abundant increafe. Drought, however, has fucceeded, and the turnips are 
much afteted by it: on light lands a mildew has, in many places, feized them. _ But the 
difeafe which is.by far the moft prevalent among turnips this year, and, which, indeed, pre- 
vails jn a verv unufal degree, is called, among Norfolk farmers, the anbury; the caufe of 
this difeafe is not yet afcertained: if drought does not iramediately produce it, the coinci- 
-dence of a remarkably dry feafon, and a remarkably anburied turnip crop, juftifies a fuipi- 
-cion that the former may, in fome meafure at leaft, contribute to promote the latter, 
Potatoes have generally anfwered pretty well, except on fharp gravelly foils, where the difeafe 
called the cur/, has often done injury. The crops are now taking up, and feem to turn out well. 
‘Our Norfolk correfpondent alfo reports, that during the greater part of the fummer, the 
farmers have fuffered feverely from the want of feed for their horfes and cattle: the grafs, 
excepting on meadows and low lands, was parched up for a confiderabletime. Such a fcarcity 
oof feed, indeed, has not been remembered for many years; cows, in moft places, have 
~ yielded but litthe milk 5; and the writer of this has been obliged to give his horfes a lock of 
clover hay at the noon hours, anda feed of corn and chaff mixed: fome perfons in his neigh- 
bourhood were obliged to give their cows turnips, when they were not larger than a common 
fized apple! This fcarcity of green food has not, however, been by any means generally 
experienced. In fome diftriéts there has been an abundant produce of this kind. 
Hops. At-Weyhill fair the quantity of new hops was lefs than ia any one year for thirty 
years paft. One plantation, that laft year produced thirty tons, had not 15 cwt. this year. The 
Farnham plantations had more hops in proportion than the country ones. Prices of new, from 
twelve pounds to twenty-two guineas ; brown yearlings, nine guineas; good, up to twelve; fine 
enes higher. There were fome famples of Kent hops fhewn ; prices from eight guineas to ten. 
Horses, at the fame fair, were plentiful, and very cheap, particularly fome good colts 
of the cart breed, and others equally ufeful. 
~ Hoes are every where in abundance, and very cheap. 
CatTTLe. Lean cattle are confiderably lowered in their prices, and feem till on the decline. 
Suerep are alfo confiderably reduced in price. At Lewes fair, which generally regulates 
the prices of South Down fheep, the beft and prime ewes Lought from 32s. to 33s. per head: 
wethers from 28s. 29s. and jos. per head; lambs {old dear, from 20s. to 24s. per head. In 
this and every other large fair, they begin to decline in prices. 

*,° Zo this Number is added a very large Mav of Ecyet, intended to illuftrate 
the military Movements of General BOUNAPARTE. 
